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My hero: Andy Murray by Geoff Dyerhttp://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/jul/12/my-hero-andy-murray-dyer
Gradually a sense of the indomitable attached itself to Murray – a sporting version of the adjectival insistence that FR Leavis observed in Conrad<p>How inevitable it now seems! As if Andy Murray was destined to bring to an end the long wait for a home-grown male champion. Indeed, Murray's transformation from talented and gangly hopeful to world-beater has been so tortuous it has sometimes seemed as if the 77-year gestation could fit comfortably within his playing career. The setbacks and defeats, meanwhile, have taken on&nbsp;the&nbsp;character of incremental encouragements: victories of a kind.</p><p>He advanced partly by making tough decisions about who to employ to help him move forward. The first thing to get fixed was fitness. He bulked up, developed the lungs of a whale and a pair of cramp-proof legs.</p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/jul/12/my-hero-andy-murray-dyer">Continue reading...</a>Andy MurrayBooksCultureNovak DjokovicRafael NadalWimbledon 2013Roger FedererFri, 12 Jul 2013 15:00:01 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/jul/12/my-hero-andy-murray-dyerGlyn Kirk/AFP/Getty ImagesNot to be denied … Andy Murray celebrates beating Novak Djokovic. Photograph: Glyn Kirk/AFP/Getty ImagesGlyn Kirk/AFP/Getty ImagesNot to be denied … Andy Murray celebrates beating Novak Djokovic. Photograph: Glyn Kirk/AFP/Getty ImagesGeoff Dyer2013-07-12T15:00:01Z